Jenny McCarthy does a major CYA...

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305. The post has been hidden by a 5-2 jury

And the alerter left a VERY helpful message:

So much wrong with this post I can't even begin. Let's start with this one sentence from DU TOS: "Democratic Underground is not intended to be a platform for kooks and crackpots peddling paranoid fantasies with little or no basis in fact."

Sure, DU should discuss a wide range of views instead of knee-jerk censoring everything objectionable, but as DU TOS say, "discussions cannot stray too far into Crazyland (eg: chemtrails, black helicopters, 9/11 death rays or holograms..." Science has done enough research to the point where vaccine hysteria is in the same company as black helicopters or Bigfoot sightings; in fact Andrew Wakefield's formerly groundbreaking study that caused all the hysteria was retracted, and Wakefield was disgraced enough to lose his medical license.

I lack the time to do a totally comprehensive debunking of all info posted here, but I can guide you to understand that several sites linked here are of extremely low credibility or promote conspiracy theory, and should generally not be used as sources on DU (think TheBlaze.com or Infowars for instance).

- http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/ - publishes conspiracy theory garbage despite claiming to support "progressive" causes. For instance, "There is presently a massive conspiracy designed to separate you from your children and give the government complete control over your children." http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/04/30/the-obama-youth-movement-the-seizing-of-american-children/ Also, this site seems to publish anti-Semitic POV's. http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/03/11/confrontation-between-rothschild-and-vladimir-putin/

- Natural News promotes all sorts of pseudoscience whether in medicine or also in politics, including Sandy Hook denial (I'm not kidding, that website seriously argues the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a HOAX.) http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/NaturalNews#Non-medical_conspiracy_theories

- Mercola is also a similarly cranky webshite. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mercola

- http://thecommonsenseshow.com/ seems to be a right wing libertarian site. Its site menu includes "Agenda 21" and "Martial Law" - in other words, showing the website to be a bunch of bullpucky. This website also asserts that Americans are becoming "Chinese property", another batshit & possibly racist conspiracy theory on the level of "Israel controls the US government". The website also talks about "the UN's plans to seize the Internet".

- Sherri Tenpenny, whose video is linked here, is a quack with questionable credentials: http://scientopia.org/blogs/whitecoatunderground/2009/12/30/damned-lies-and-idiots/

Now, I know some of you are gonna say, "well just put this in a reply!" and vote "LEAVE IT ALONE". But as I've taken the time to show you, a lot of these websites are so loony and off the rails that the heavy linking of those sites on DU is disruptive, rude, and over-the-top, by giving credence to paranoid fantasies with extremely limited basis in reality. We must realize that DU is not an "anything goes" forum and understand that there is a reason why DU ToS forbid certain ideas outta Crazyland.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Fri May 9, 2014, 11:20 PM, and voted 5-2 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
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Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
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Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: This is, by far, the toughest "HIDE" I've ever meted out in a DU jury. I see a thousand reasons to HIDE it, but 999 reasons to let it stand and let members draw their own conclusions.

--Systematic Chaos
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: After attempting to find information on some of the links in the post, this came up:

Dr. Dalbergue’s story seems awfully like Dr. Harper’s. Except for the small fact that I can find no evidence that he ever worked for Merck (as opposed to Dr. Harper, who actually did, though not quite in the role she and the antivaccine world claimed). As far as I was able to uncover through sources and background checks, Dr. Dalbergue was the Directeur Medicale (Medical Director) of a drug distributor, Martin
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: My idea of liberal progressiveness has no room for irrational bullshit. That's the domain of conservative minds.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Thank you.